i am tired of playing defense. so let us go on offense and stay on offense. >> we take you now back to washington d.c. for the national review's conservative summit. next expected to speak, texas senator tedcruz. >> i would like to introduce a friend of all of us here. a senior editor, a mentor for so many people on the staff, a great man, please welcome jay norlinger. [applause] >> it is strange to the podium- less. oprah.obrl like when my first -- when my friend first arrived nr, i would always say the name of the nbc sports cast bob costas. he played public policy commentator for a while. i am so happy to introduce ted crews. cruz. from the second-most populous state, texas. here comes ted, no name, no wealth, no family connections. he wins a seat in the u.s. senate. i have known him for a long time. he grew up in houston. his father is a cuban immigrant. he arrived in this country with just a slide rule in this -- in his pocket. he had $100 sewn into his underwear to his mother. he was a actually are. -- he was